Target



Fetented Sept. 30, 1930 PATENT GFFICE REED J. BLACKMAN, F STOVER, MISSOURI TARGET Application filed April 18,

The invention relates to targets and has for its principal object the provision of a target that is reasonable in cost of manufacture and efficient in operation, the target comprising a base having spaced recesses therein and objects providing the targets consisting of members having spaced legs, the target members being made of resilient material so that the legs may be pinched together to engage in the recesses, and when. released the legs will engage the walls of the recesses to hold the target in position on the base.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a front view in elevation of the target showing it partly broken away and in section,

Figure 2 is a top plan View,

Figure 3 is a view of a modified form of the base, and

Figure 4 is a transverse sectonal View on a plane indicated by the line H of Figure 1.

In the drawings similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The target comprises a base 1 having a plurality of recesses 2 therein that are designated to receive the lower ends of target ob jects In the form of the target shown in the drawings the target objects selected for illustration consists of wooden clothespins that are bifurcated at their lower ends forming legs 4 that are adapted to be pinched together to permit insertion of the lower ends of said legs in the recesses 2. and when pres sure is released from the legs l they will spring outwardly and engaging the walls of the recesses 2 the target members will be held in an upright position. It will be apparent that instead of the clothespin objects shown in the drawings that any other object having bifurcated lower ends may be used for the same purpose provided of course the legs formed by the bifurcation are resilient for the purpose stated.

In the form of the invention shown in Figure 1 the front of the target is furnished with numerals to indicate the value of each of the objects 3 in playing the game, and the nu- Cad 1928. Serial No. 270,957.

merals selected are progressive from ten to one hundred. In the form shown in Figure 3 the base 1 has other numerals preferably arranged from twenty-five to two hundred and fifty. The arrangement of the form shown in Figure 1 may be used for smaller children to teach them the numerals from ten to one hundred, while when the children have learned this lesson the other numerals may be exposed, it being understood that one set of numerals may be arranged on one face, and the other set on the opposite face of the target, and that any other arrangement of the numerals may be used instead of those shown as may be desired.

What is claimed is 1. A target, comprising a base having recesses therein, and objects having resilient legs stressed to engage in said recesses to a relatively shallow extent and held in upright position by engaging the side walls of said recesses, said legs in the latter position being separated whereby they are capable of be ing pressed toward each other to release the objects.

2. A target, comprising a base having spaced recesses therein, and obj ects consisting of pins having their lower ends bifurcated to provide resilient legs, said legs being adapted to be stressed for insertion in said recesses to a relatively shallow extent and the ends of the legs engaging the walls of the recesses, said legs in the latter position being separated whereby they are capable of being pressed toward each other to release the objects.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

REED J. BLACKMAN. 

